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i live in baltimore city and the unemployment rate in baltimore city is unbelievable. the problem you have is that not only is there so many people unemployed but that there is a lack of job opportunities. how will the work that you are doing affect people live in urban america who are african- americans who are latino americans, asian americans, would just have a difficult time not only finding a job when they find a job, the job they find oftentimes is not located in the city they live it but is located in surrounding areas. because they have been unemployed, they have problems getting to the place that have been hired. host: you said you were just employed. how long we are unemployed? >> i was unemployed since august of 2012. caller: this week in baltimore -- host: kind of work? caller: will be a dispatcher for an ambulance company. guest: i am so glad you got a job. my giants won the super bowl last year so i know how happy you are. you point to a really important problem. we need to be going of the jobs crisis and economic recovery on many fronts. this issue about
i live in baltimore city and the unemployment rate in baltimore city is unbelievable. the problem you have is that not only is there so many people unemployed but that there is a lack of job opportunities. how will the work that you are doing affect people live in urban america who are african- americans who are latino americans, asian americans, would just have a difficult time not only finding a job when they find a job, the job they find oftentimes is not located in the city they live it but...
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host: here is a headline from the baltimore sun -- what are your thoughts on this? >> over 50% of the funds go to the afghan military and now the local police. they're trying to emphasize the local police. we will be looking at how we bought and paid for and how we support the local police which will be very difficult. host: why? guest: [inaudible] host: when they use the word lifeline, what does that say to you? >> guest: that is the difficulty. how they get fuel and structure, to the local police. a lot of these local units are in small villages and difficult to get to. they may be in trouble and they -- and maybe because they're out this is the firstrefus indication of problems. caller: i am calling for mississippi. [indiscernible] i do not want them over there. i cannot understand why -- what they need to do there. just think what that were due to our borders for education of our children. it does not seem fair and all that we have to go over there and you soldiers for this purpose. guest: that is the decision that the policymakers will have to make. why we're t
host: here is a headline from the baltimore sun -- what are your thoughts on this? >> over 50% of the funds go to the afghan military and now the local police. they're trying to emphasize the local police. we will be looking at how we bought and paid for and how we support the local police which will be very difficult. host: why? guest: [inaudible] host: when they use the word lifeline, what does that say to you? >> guest: that is the difficulty. how they get fuel and structure, to...
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., but we have the world champion baltimore ravens. \[applause] we collected on the bet yesterday so we're in good spirits. i haven't finished all the wine that was sent to us from california yet so i might indulge a little bit over the weekend. but we had to endure the california dentist crafts which are not as good as our crafts in mayor. it was a sweet moment and we thank you for that. it's a pleasure to be here. joan is here representing chris part of our congressional team. we thank chris for everything he does as the leader in the united states house of representatives on budget issues there is no stronger advocate for n.i.h. than chris. my colleague in the senate, barbara mcculski who is taking on a new responsibility as the chair of the senate appropriations committee. i tell you that's going to be good for this country because she's a real champion of responsible budgeting. but it's going to be good for maryland to have the chairman of the appropriations committee. >> i want to acknowledge john walker on behalf of the work for
., but we have the world champion baltimore ravens. \[applause] we collected on the bet yesterday so we're in good spirits. i haven't finished all the wine that was sent to us from california yet so i might indulge a little bit over the weekend. but we had to endure the california dentist crafts which are not as good as our crafts in mayor. it was a sweet moment and we thank you for that. it's a pleasure to be here. joan is here representing chris part of our congressional team. we thank chris...
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host: that's the headline in the baltimore sun. general john allen in the picture as well resigning course stepping down from that post. jeff in edison, new jersey, democrat. caller: i have a friend from long island and her son has done three deployments in afghanistan. what was told to me and also what was given to congressman king in new york about this was that the magazines that the soldiers are using in afghanistan are jamming and putting their lives at risk. and congressman king from new york has been evading that particular question. and they are using the vietnam era magazine. it is jamming. again, they're putting their soldiers at risk. host: john sopko? guest: i have not heard anything about that allegation. if we do have allegations about the equipment are u.s. troops are doing, i would send that to the dod ig. i do reconstruction during the actual fighting, the dod and ig, that is their responsibility. i'm certain they will look into that if there's a concern about the weapons that are u.s. troops are using. i would be
host: that's the headline in the baltimore sun. general john allen in the picture as well resigning course stepping down from that post. jeff in edison, new jersey, democrat. caller: i have a friend from long island and her son has done three deployments in afghanistan. what was told to me and also what was given to congressman king in new york about this was that the magazines that the soldiers are using in afghanistan are jamming and putting their lives at risk. and congressman king from new...
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guest: i lived in baltimore and my father had a handgun and a carry permit. but it was not discussed with his daughters. i found it one day when i was looking under his carseat. i saw the revolver under there. newly knowing this gun world, i suggest people keep it locked up. and also a teacher people about the gun and said, this is a weapon of self-defense. i suggest teaching the basics. the first thing you are drilled is to keep your finger off of the trigger until you are ready to fire. keep it focused in a safe direction. i was a girl, and if i was a boy, i probably would have been more curious about that of all over. that is how accidents happened. my father will kill me after this interview. i do think it is not something the hide from children. teach them the simple laws. if the kids start playing with their friends, they can keep their figure of of the trigger and a safe direction. -- finger off of the trigger and in a safe direction. host: if you were a resident of virginia, how would the figures change? guest: it would take me 10 minutes and two doll
guest: i lived in baltimore and my father had a handgun and a carry permit. but it was not discussed with his daughters. i found it one day when i was looking under his carseat. i saw the revolver under there. newly knowing this gun world, i suggest people keep it locked up. and also a teacher people about the gun and said, this is a weapon of self-defense. i suggest teaching the basics. the first thing you are drilled is to keep your finger off of the trigger until you are ready to fire. keep...
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the conservative republicans are meeting in baltimore at the same time this weekend to meet with the heritage foundation retreat. we will have all kinds of sessions in the retreat talking about how the conservatives will exist as a unit within the republican party. there is a lot of soul-searching going on. >> what kind of legislative issues can we expect republicans taking up? >> we have to do with sequestration and the resolution that will expire next month. we have a lot of big ticket fiscal issues looming trade we would expect that something that would deal with those would come up and of course the budget itself. paul ryan is putting it together as we speak we're hearing. we will have that in april or so. as well as competing budget proves. >> it can read his work at rollcall.com. >> president obama encourages congress to take measures reducing gun violence. and lisa murkowski with a proposal for energy policy. and secretary of state john kerry speaks to state department employees. on the next washington journal, jim mcdermott, a member of the ways and means committee will focus
the conservative republicans are meeting in baltimore at the same time this weekend to meet with the heritage foundation retreat. we will have all kinds of sessions in the retreat talking about how the conservatives will exist as a unit within the republican party. there is a lot of soul-searching going on. >> what kind of legislative issues can we expect republicans taking up? >> we have to do with sequestration and the resolution that will expire next month. we have a lot of big...
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one of the witnesses was the police chief from baltimore county who is an advocate of universal about crown checks. he did not mention that his governor had said that they are not in favor of putting the mentally ill into the system. sometimes it is for financial reasons, sometimes it is because as senator franken has said he is against that because it is not want to stigmatize the mentally ill. we know that people that have mental problems are no more likely to commit a crime that you or i. but there are people who are not in a gray area. those people that have been adjudicated to be severely mentally ill. had the system that is in place in virginia which we advocated been in place earlier, the virginia tech shooter would not have been able to buy a firearm because he had been adjudicated as having mental problems. we have been urging that for a long time and we think it should be done. we think that the system needs additional funding companies to be figured out. to take that system and throw millions of people into it as it exists today would be a serious error. >> would you talk t
one of the witnesses was the police chief from baltimore county who is an advocate of universal about crown checks. he did not mention that his governor had said that they are not in favor of putting the mentally ill into the system. sometimes it is for financial reasons, sometimes it is because as senator franken has said he is against that because it is not want to stigmatize the mentally ill. we know that people that have mental problems are no more likely to commit a crime that you or i....